I am so excited to post pictures from our second artist coming to WVU under the “WVU Master Printmaking Series in honor of Joe Hestick” funded by Beth Hestick. Nicole Hand is the Assistant to the Dean and Professor of Art & Design at Murray State University. She is also a master at Intaglio printmaking.... Continue Reading →

My work was included in a group exhibition titled “Witness". A five-person exhibition featuring Pittsburgh Print Group members Casey Connelly, Katie Kaplan, Adam Linn, Laura Zurowski, and myself in collaboration with G1/CW gallery in Pittsburgh. The exhibition was curated by Aaron Regal, from his curatorial statement: "To bare witness is at the fundamental core of... Continue Reading →

Back on Sept. 10, Barbara Westman, Associate Professor of Art at Slippery Rock University, visited the WVU Printshop to talk about a new project we will be participating in. Barbara is organizing an inter-university sketchbook project focusing on printmaking. This is the first sketchbook project my students have participated in, and I am excited to... Continue Reading →

We were so lucky to have Jay Ryan visit the WVU Printshop for the last few days. If you don't know, Jay Ryan has been making silkscreen posters for the last 20 years and is the artist behind "The Bird Machine". He is easily one of the most important living American poster artists, and the... Continue Reading →

After my residency at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice, I was able to travel to multiple cities in Italy and see artwork and important cultural sites throughout the country... The first stop was at the Cinque Terre...absolutely beautiful landscape and towns... The second stop was Florence... Obvious stops to see David and the... Continue Reading →

This summer I was able to participate in a week long residency at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice. This was such a wonderful and productive time! I was able to print a small edition of three books and a small edition of three relief prints during my time there. I was also able... Continue Reading →

I am very happy to say that my work will be included in "NO PRESSURE: THE FIRST EVER POWER WASHER ZINE EXHIBITION" curated by Anna Tararova and the POWER WASHER dynamic duo of Josh Dannin and Todd Irwin. This exhibition features artists whose work has appeared in the Power Washer zine: Ray Cross, Chris Dacre,... Continue Reading →

This weekend was the closing reception for the West Virginia Invitational at the Juliet Museum in Charleston, WV. The exhibition was curated by Jessica O’Hearn and includes a good representation of WVU faculty (Michael Sherwin, Alison Helm, Shalya Marsh, Amy Schissel, and Shoji Satake) with West Virginia printmakers Zach Fitchner and Robert Howsare. There was... Continue Reading →

Below are images of the portfolio "THE LASER PRINTMAKER: MAPPING OVERLAPS BETWEEN PRINTMAKING AND LASER SYSTEMS" which was shown at the 2019 SGC International conference in Dallas. It was organized by Dana Potter, an MFA candidate at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. This was a fantastic portfolio that I was really glad to be a... Continue Reading →

"Poetry, Pastels, and Pollinators" was a semester long collaborative project with teachers from North Elementary and community members funded by a West Virginia Division of Culture and History STEAM grant. This project went from September 2018-May 2019, many different instructors and artists made multiple visits with students over this time. There were three main aspects... Continue Reading →